Asiliyah ( ar, عسيلة, also known as Usaylah or Asila) is a village in northern Syria, administratively part of the Rastan District, located north of Homs on the southern banks of the

Orontes River The Orontes (; from Ancient Greek , ) or Asi ( ar, العاصي, , ; tr, Asi) is a river with a length of in Western Asia that begins in Lebanon, flowing northwards through Syria before entering the Mediterranean Sea near Samandağ in Turkey. ...

. According to the Syria Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS), Asiliyah had a population of 360 in the 2004 census.General Census of Population and Housing 2004
Syria Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS). Homs Governorate. Its inhabitants are predominantly Circassians from the

Bzhedug Bjedugh, Bzhedug or Bazdug ( ady, Бжъэдыгъу, ''Bjzədıuğ'', ; russian: Бжедуги, ) are one of the twelve major Circassian tribes. Many of them immigrated to Turkey in the 1860s, but there is still a community of Bzhedug on the l ...

and

Shapsugh The Shapsug ( ady, шапсыгъ , russian: шапсуги, tr, Şapsığlar, ar, الشابسوغ, he, שפסוגים) (also known as the Shapsugh or Shapsogh) are one of the twelve major Circassian tribes. Historically, the Shapsug tribe ...

tribes.Jaimoukha, Amjad
The Circassians of Syria: Opting for the Rightful Cause
''Circassian Voices''. 2012-07-12.

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Populated places in al-Rastan District Circassian communities in Syria {{HomsSY-geo-stub